Recent advances in miniaturization of chemical instrumentation and in low-cost small
drones are catalyzing exponential growth in the use of such platforms for environmental …

This work presents a simulation framework developed under the widely used Robot
Operating System (ROS) to enable the validation of robotics systems and gas sensing …

In this study, we design and verify an intake system using the wake of a pocket-sized
quadcopter for the chemical plume tracing (CPT) problem. Solving CPT represents an …

Most of the reported three-dimensional chemical plume tracing methods use stereo sensing
method to determine the next tracing step direction. For example, multiple sensors are used …

This paper describes the utilization of the downwashes of multicopters for gas-sensing
applications. Multirotor drones are an attractive platform for sensing applications. Their high …

The recent availability of small drones equipped with cameras and other sensing
instruments has led to a myriad of environmental applications. In this chapter we review the …

Laboratory and field tests examined the potential for unmanned aircraft system (UAS) rotor
wash effects on gas and particle measurements from a biomass combustion source. Tests …

This paper uses a palm-sized quadrotor to demonstrate the gas source localization (GSL) in
obstacle regions. The chemical substance performs a dilute dispersion in the air, and it is …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are highly manoeuvrable platforms that are becoming
popular to map and localise the source of chemical substances in the environment …

Autonomous drones system has great potential in robotics research and it is used in
industrial applications. One of the popular examples is Amazon Prime Air service which …